Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Report, Saltwater Fishing Report

June 29

Drew and his family came fishing today with Captain Paul and me. We started the trip out trolling. Using planers and top baits we managed to catch a few bonitas and kingfish. Fishing started out a little slow but once trolling up to our spot 8 miles north of Port Everglades (we had a live bait well full of bait), so I knew working hard at it we would catch some fish. We did our first two shipwrecks, the fishing wasn’t that great but we caught one nice barracuda so we kept hitting the ship wrecks and we found a spot that was working in 280 feet of water. When it was time to go home we started catching fish. Drew’s son reeled in a nice Almaco jack and drew reel in another amberjack then all of a sudden we hooked a sailfish on a live ballyhoo that we had behind the boat. It jumped five times and fell off but it was cool to see. Another good day on the water.


June 30

Today I ran the Lady Pamela 5 and Paul ran the Lady Pamela 4 the trolling was as good as ever in the morning and died in the afternoon. I went wreck fishing in the afternoon before the rain storms came. Paul on the other hand went shark fishing in 150 feet of water using fresh bonitas with a two hook rig, it took two hours before the balloon went under the water and Paul gunned the boat ahead to set the hook. Robert jumped into the chair to start the battle on the fish it didn’t take very long, the fish was a five foot Sandbar shark and Robert caught the fish on a 130 Penn International. I had a live well full of speedos so I ran north, I saw we only had minutes before the rain showed up and I wouldn’t be able to fish. Our first drop I got Morgan all set up and ready to go I dropped the bait to the bottom and went to reel up 20 and I had a huge fish on 50 lb. tackle. As I got the belt around Morgan and strapped him in, he had a long fight ahead of him. It took Morgan a good 15 minutes to land the fish. We got the HUGE Amberjack into the boat and I ran right back to the wreck and dropped bait down because it already started raining. This time Brian and his 7 year old son where up, so we dropped another speedo on the bottom and this time it took only 5 minutes before the rod bent over and Brian was reeling as fast as he could. Then we gave his son the rod. It was a nice 20 pound Almaco jack. This large rain storm came, the wind was 50 MPH and raining like you’ve never seen it. We end up running 8 miles towards home. I still had one guy Martin that didn’t catch a fish so I stopped at one last wreck in 220 feet of water. This took 5 minutes and no bite. So as I was reeling the bait back to the boat a school of Mahi Mahi came up with the bait .I grabbed three spinners and threw chunk bait out and we caught 6 Mahi Mahi to end the trip and everybody was happy.

Tight Lines,

Capt David Ide

www.ladypamela2.com

954 761 8045

About the Author:

Captain's Bio: My name is Captain David Ide. I am a third generation fisherman here in Ft Lauderdale, who grew up fishing South Florida's famous waters. I’ve been fishing my whole life, from the back canals of Fort Lauderdale to the Islands of the Bahamas. My mates and I have fished many prestigious Billfish tournaments held all over the world, including the Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico, the Virgin Islands and Madeira.

I now run the Lady Pamela II Fishing Fleet, which has been a well known charter boat company in South Florida since 1975. My crew and I take pride in catching our customers’ fish and letting them experience the thrill of a lifetime while fishing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is my goal to continue on the tradition of families fishing for generations to come.

Captain David Ide